Worst nightmare came true- The guilt I feel is out of this world

[RevlisRemmah]

Went to pick up a 15 month old rooster today. Beautiful boy. Had a quarantine run set up for him next to the girls with a covered crate, food, water and watermelon. We let him loose in the run and he seemed freaked out. Running to each corner trying to escape though the fence. After about half an hour of him running around searching for an escape I entered the run and closed him in the covered crate with some food and water. I went back out to check on him about 45 minutes later and he had passed away. It is in the 80s so very warm out. I think that mixed with the stress killed him. He was so handsome. I don’t know that I’ll ever forgive myself.
it seems he was only let out occasionally and spent his time in a barn area in a cage since they had multiple roosters. I should have put him right in the crate and closed him in instead of expecting him to be so happy with the open space. I buried him under a shady apple tree.
Im so sorry, August. I just wanted you to have a loving home and a flock of ladies to care for. I’ll never forgive myself for letting you down.

 

[Chickenhappy8708]

I'm so sorry

 

[chickenlittle21]

Sorry for your loss

 

[CaliFarmsAR]

Went to pick up a 15 month old rooster today. Beautiful boy. Had a quarantine run set up for him next to the girls with a covered crate, food, water and watermelon. We let him loose in the run and he seemed freaked out. Running to each corner trying to escape though the fence. After about half an hour of him running around searching for an escape I entered the run and closed him in the covered crate with some food and water. I went back out to check on him about 45 minutes later and he had passed away. It is in the 80s so very warm out. I think that mixed with the stress killed him. He was so handsome. I don’t know that I’ll ever forgive myself.
it seems he was only let out occasionally and spent his time in a barn area in a cage since they had multiple roosters. I should have put him right in the crate and closed him in instead of expecting him to be so happy with the open space. I buried him under a shady apple tree.
Im so sorry, August. I just wanted you to have a loving home and a flock of ladies to care for. I’ll never forgive myself for letting you down.
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Don’t beat your self up and forgive your self! I’m sorry about what happened to him.

 

[RevlisRemmah]

Sorry for your loss

Thank you but I feel so awful!!! I killed him by not being prepared.

 

[Mrs. K]

You know, I think you are wrong, I think there might have been something else wrong. Unless the box was air tight with no or very little ventilation, I don't see how temperatures in the 80 in a covered crate killed him. He might have had a heart attack due to the stress caused by the change, but you really cannot be expected to have caused that by moving him to your place.

I really don't see this as your fault.

Mrs K

 

[RevlisRemmah]

You know, I think you are wrong, I think there might have been something else wrong. Unless the box was air tight with no or very little ventilation, I don't see how temperatures in the 80 in a covered crate killed him. He might have had a heart attack due to the stress caused by the change, but you really cannot be expected to have caused that by moving him to your place.

I really don't see this as your fault.

Mrs K

Thank you for being so kind.
Here was his set up. He rode in a another open air dog crate with Shavings covered in a towel to keep him calm. Only a little over an hour in the car. He was shaded so the morning and mid day sun would be off of him and he could enjoy the evening sun. Never made it that far.

 

[Araucana Nest]

So sorry for your loss.

 

[keesmom]

Thank you for being so kind.
Here was his set up. He rode in a another open air dog crate with Shavings covered in a towel to keep him calm. Only a little over an hour in the car. He was shaded so the morning and mid day sun would be off of him and he could enjoy the evening sun. Never made it that far.View attachment 2301746View attachment 2301747View attachment 2301748

I agree with Mrs K. I do not think any of this was your fault. There is plenty of ventilation in that crate, plus a cover over the top.

I've had some hatchery Faverolles, and many have been less than hardy.

 

[Florida Bullfrog]

I agree with Mrs K. I do not think any of this was your fault. There is plenty of ventilation in that crate, plus a cover over the top.

I've had some hatchery Faverolles, and many have been less than hardy.

I too thought after reading your first post that something else was wrong with the rooster. Nothing about that experience should have killed him. I’m sorry for your loss, but the truth is you and your flock is better off not having a fragile rooster. I’d probably get rid of his body as definitively as you can just in case he was sick.